Stellar Populations and Star Formation History in the Ara OB1a Association

Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. 15497 c ESO 2011
May 19, 2011

The Ara OB1a association
Stellar population and star formation history
G. Baume1,⋆ , G. Carraro2,⋆⋆ , F. Comeron3 , and G. C. de Elá1
ı

1
Facultad de Ciencias Astron´ micas y Geof´sicas (UNLP), Instituto de Astrof´sica de La Plata (CONICET, UNLP), Paseo del Bosque
o ı ı
s/n, La Plata, Argentina
e-mail: gbaume@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar
arXiv:1105.3629v1 [astro-ph.GA] 18 May 2011

e-mail: gdeelia@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar
2
ESO, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile
e-mail: gcarraro@eso.org
3
ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 85748 Garching bei Munchen Germany
e-mail: fcomeron@eso.org

Received: June 10, 2010; Accepted: April 26, 2011

ABSTRACT

Context. The Ara OB1a association is a nearby complex in the fourth Galactic quadrant where a number of young/embedded star
clusters are projected close to more evolved, intermediate age clusters. It is also rich in interstellar matter, and contains evidence of
the interplay between massive stars and their surrounding medium, such as the rim HII region NGC 6188.
Aims. We provide robust estimates of the fundamental parameters (age and distance) of the two most prominent stellar clusters,
NGC 6167 and NGC 6193, that may be used as a basis for studing the star formation history of the region.
Methods. The study is based on a photometric optical survey (U BV IHα) of NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 and their nearby field,
complemented with public data from 2MASS-VVV, UCAC3, and IRAC-Spitzer in this region.
Results. We produce a uniform photometric catalogue and estimate more robustly the fundamental parameters of NGC 6167 and
NGC 6193, in addition to the IRAS 16375-4854 source. As a consequence, all of them are located at approximately the same distance
from the Sun in the Sagittarius-Carina Galactic arm. However, the ages we estimate differ widely: NGC 6167 is found to be an
intermediate-age cluster (20-30 Myr), NGC 6193 a very young one (1-5 Myr) with PMS, Hα emitters and class II objects, and the
IRAS 16375-4854 source is the youngest of the three containing several YSOs.
Conclusions. These results support a picture in which Ara OB1a is a region where star formation has proceeded for several tens of
Myr until the present. The difference in the ages of the different stellar groups can be interpreted as a consequence of a triggered star
formation process. In the specific case of NGC 6193, we find evidence of possible non-coeval star formation.
Key words. (Galaxy:) open clusters and associations: general – (Galaxy:) open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6193,
NGC 6167 – Stars: pre-main sequence – Stars: formation

1. Introduction getic activity of the stars in NGC 6167 and a giant HI bubble sur-
rounding was proposed by Arnal et al. (1987) and Waldhausen
Ara OB1a has been suggested as an example of triggered star et al. (1999) (see Fig. 6 at Wolk et al. 2008b).
formation in the local Galaxy. A summary of the history of in-
The ages and distances of the two major clusters NGC 6167
vestigations of this region, our present understanding, and possi-
and NGC 6193 derived thus far have been based on the photo-
ble future studies is presented in Wolk et al. (2008a,b and refer-
electric and photographic photometry of a few stars, rather than
ences therein). This nearby association contains three open clus-
on modern CCD data. Carraro & Munari (2004) presented CCD
ters (NGC 6193 in the center of the association, together with
data for NGC 6204, but this cluster is located in the outskirts of
NGC 6167 and NGC 6204). In addition, several embedded clus-
the association and may not be related to the main star/cluster
ters are present together with both star-forming and quiescent
formation process. Distance estimates to NGC 6193 range from
clouds (see Fig. 1 in Wolk et al 2008a and Fig. 1 in this pa-
∼ 1100 pc to ∼ 1400 pc, and its age is ∼ 3 Myr (Moffat & Vogt
per). The idea that triggered star fromation has taken place in
1973; Fitzgerald 1987; Kaltcheva & Georgiev 1992; V´ zquez &
a
Ara OB1a is suggested by a variety of observations. The promi-
Feinstein 1992). As for NGC 6167, the estimated distance ranges
nent cluster NGC 6193 appears to be connected to RCW 108
from 600 to 1200 pc and the age from 10 Myr to 40 Myr (Moffat
(=NGC 6188), a rim HII region located westward that marks the
& Vogt 1975; Bruck & Smyth 1967; Rizzo & Bajaja 1994).
edge of a molecular cloud being eroded by the hottest stars in the
cluster, where several IRAS sources have been found (Comer´ n o In the present paper, we present a new CCD-based opti-
et al. 2005). Star formation in the molecular cloud may have cal (U BVIC and Hα ) survey in an attempt to provide more ro-
been triggered by NGC 6193. A connection between the ener- bust determinations of the age and distance of NGC 6193 and
NGC 6167. The photometry we present is sufficiently deep to
⋆
Member of Carrera del Investigador CONICET, Argentina allow us to estimate the nuclear and contraction age, by detect-
⋆⋆
On leave from Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universit` di Padova,
a ing pre-main sequence (PMS) stars with Hα emission. Therefore
Vicolo Osservatorio 2, I-35122, Padova, Italy we expect to provide firmer estimates of the age and at the same

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Fig. 1. Second generation Digitized Sky Survey (DSS-2; red filter) images. a) Image centered at α J2000 = 16 : 38 : 00; δ J2000 ∼
−49 : 15 : 20 and covering a 2◦ × 2◦ field. Solid rectangles centered in NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 indicates areas surveyed with
U BVI observations. Dotted circle around NGC 6167 and several dotted circles around NGC 6193 indicates the areas with Hα(on/o f f )
data. b) and c) Detailed images centered respectively at NGC 6193 and NGC 6167 showing main objects in each region and the
adopted comparison fields. For the meaning of the symbols see in advance Fig 4 caption.

time highlight possible differences between nuclear and contrac- NGC 6193 acquired during two runs (two frames on 25 and
tion ages. 26 March 2006 and two frames on 21 May 2006). We used
The layout of the paper is as follows. In Sect. 2, we describe the Y4KCAM camera attached to the 1.0m telescope, which
the data sources, and their reduction and calibration. In Sect. 3, is operated by the SMARTS consortium1. This camera is
we present the analysis of the data together with the derivation equipped with an STA 4064 × 4064 CCD with 15µ pixels.
′ ′
of the main clusters parameters. In Sect. 4, we derive the main This set-up provides direct imaging over a FOV 20. 0 × 20. 0
properties of NGC 6167, NGC 6193, and the IRAS 16375-4854 with a scale of 0. 289/pix2. Typical FWHM of the data was
′′
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source. Finally, in Sect. 5 we discuss and summarize our results. about 0. 9, and airmasses during the observation of the sci-
entific frames were in the range 1.02-1.28 .
– Complejo Astron´ mico El Leoncito (CASLEO) Hα−on
o
2. Data (656.6 nm) and Hα−o f f (666.6 nm) observations. They were
performed on 14, 15, 17 and 18 May 2002 in six circular
2.1. Optical data ′
frames (4. 5 radius) covering the area of NGC 6167 (1 frame)
Our main data set is based on CCD photometric observations of and NGC 6193 (5 frames). We used a nitrogen-cooled de-
stars in the region of NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 (see Fig. 1) car- tector Tek-1024 CCD and focal reducer attached to the 215-
′′
ried out during several observational runs, and is complemented cm telescope (scale 0. 813/pix). Exposure times in Hα−on and
with available information from the literature. These data in- Hα−o f f ranged from 2 s to 150 s.
clude: – Other data sources: photometric data for a few bright stars
that were found to be saturated in our observations, were
– Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) U BVIC images of the re- taken from Webda database3 .
gion of NGC 6167 acquired during two runs (25 June 2006
and 24 June 2009) using the 1.0 m Swope telescope equipped
with the Site 3 2048 × 3150 CCD camera. The field of view
′ ′ Details of all these observations are given in Table 1.
(FOV) of these images is about 14. 8 × 22. 8 with a scale
′′ ′′
0. 435/pix. The typical FWHM of the data was about 0. 9 and
airmas values during the observation of the scientific frames
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Table 1. Journal of observations of the scientific frames together
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with the derived photometric calibration coefficients. NGC 6167

ρ [stars/arcmin2]
K 13.5
Exposure times [sec] 20

Observ. Frames U B V IC N
LCO long - 900 600 600 1
10
short 4×30 2×20 10 10 1 V 17
CTIO long 1500 1200 900 700 4 a)
medium 200 100 100 100 4 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
short 30 30 30 30 4
vshort 10 7 5 5 4 R [']

Calibration and extinction coefficients 20
b) NGC 6193
Coefficient LCO CTIO

ρ [stars/arcmin2]
u1 +4.528 ± 0.006 +3.254 ± 0.007 15

u2 +0.125 ± 0.011 −0.034 ± 0.013 K 13
10
u3 +0.490 ± 0.010 +0.450
b1 +2.938 ± 0.003 +2.015 ± 0.021 5
b2 +0.050 ± 0.004 +0.120 ± 0.025 V 16
b3 +0.250 ± 0.010 +0.250 0

v1 +2.864 ± 0.003 +1.802 ± 0.013
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
v2 −0.068 ± 0.004 −0.048 ± 0.016
v3 +0.160 ± 0.010 +0.160 R [']

i1 +3.757 ± 0.007 +2.676 ± 0.020
i2 +0.039 ± 0.009 −0.019 ± 0.021 Fig. 2. Radial density profiles for NGC 6167 (upper panel) and
i3 +0.080 ± 0.010 +0.080 NGC 6193 (lower panel). Lower plots (blue) correspond to CCD
data (V 16), whereas upper plots (red) correspond to 2MASS
data (K 13). Poisson error bars (1σ) are also shown.
Notes. N indicates the number of fields observed for each cluster region.

Table 2. Approximate V magnitud limit values for 80% and 50%
completeness factors for each studied band. field. Finally, all data from different filters and exposures were
combined and calibrated using DAOMASTER (Stetson 1992).
Filter NGC 6167 NGC 6193
80% 50% 80% 50%
U 13 14 16 17 2.1.2. Photometric calibration
B 20 21 18 19
V 21 23 21 23 Standard stars were selected from particular areas of the catalog
I 21 23 21 23 of Landolt (1992) (Mark A, PG 1323, and SA 110 for LCO
Hα 13 15 13 15 data and SA 101, SA 104, and SA 107 for CTIO data) were
J 16 18 17 19 used to determine the transformation equations relating our
H 16 18 17 19
instrumental magnitudes to the standard U BVIC system. The
K 16 18 17 19
[3.6] 12 15 13 16
selection of the fields was made to ensure that the stars had a
[4.5] 12 15 13 16 wide range in colours. Aperture photometry was then carried
[5.8] 12 15 13 16 out for all the standard stars (∼ 70 per night) using the IRAF
[8.0] 12 15 13 16 PHOTCAL package. To tie our observations to the standard
system, we use transformation equations of the form

2.1.1. Reduction
u = U + u1 + u2 (U − B) + u3 X (rms = 0.04) (1),
b = B + b1 + b2 (B − V) + b3 X (rms = 0.03) (2),
All frames were pre-processed in a standard way using the v = V + v1 + v2 (B − V) + v3 X (rms = 0.02) (3),
IRAF4 package CCDRED. For this purpose, zero exposures, and i = IC + i1 + i2 (V − IC ) + i3 X (rms = 0.02) (4),
sky flats were taken every night. Photometry was performed us-
ing IRAF DAOPHOT and PHOTCAL packages. Instrumental
magnitudes were obtained using the point spread function (PSF) where U BVIC and ubvi are standard and instrumental magni-
method (Stetson 1987). Since the FOV is large, a quadratic spa- tudes respectively and X is the airmass of the observation. The
tially variable PSF was adopted and its calibration for each im- used transformation coefficients and extinction coefficients are
age performed using several isolated, spatially well distributed, shown at the bottom of Table 1.
bright stars (about 25) across each field. The PSF photome- The Hα−on/o f f observations were calibrated by fitting the em-
try was aperture-corrected for each filter and exposure time. pirical MS (Didelon 1982 and Feigelson 1983) to the adopted
Aperture corrections were computed by performing aperture MS stars in each cluster field (see Sect. 3.4 and Fig. 7). In this
photometry of a suitable number (about 20) of bright stars in the way, the Hα (on) − Hα (o f f ) index (hereafter ∆Hα ) has a nega-
tive value for objects with a Hα line above the continuum. The
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IRAF is distributed by NOAO, which is operated by AURA under relation between the ∆Hα index and the Hα line width (WHα ) is
cooperative agreement with the NSF. given by ∆Hα = −2.5 log(1 − WHα [Å]/60).

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’‘ ‰ˆ‡ lkjih gfed‰ U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog” (UCAC3;
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po n m ™q ™˜ for NIR photometry, only stars detected in V filter were selected
…„ƒ po n m from NIR catalogues. We adopted 2MASS values only for the
…„ †„ … † …ƒ †„ƒ …„ƒ …„ †„ … † …ƒ †„ƒ …„ƒ brightest stars (K 13) and VVV+CASU ones for the remain-
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The completeness of the observed star counts is a relevant issue,
~ thus it was computed by means of artificial-star experiments on
µδ
our data (see Carraro et al. 2005). We created several artificial
~| images by adding at random positions a total of 20 000 artifi-
cial stars to our true images. These were distributed with a uni-
}| form probability distribution of the same colour and luminosity
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~} } ~ ~| }| ~}| ~} } ~ ~| }| ~}| we added the equivalent to only 15% of the original number of
µα δ
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V filter counterpart, we performed those experiments on the long
exposure image of V filter computing the completeness factor as
Fig. 3. Proper motion VPDs for adopted cluster areas of the ratio of the number of artificial stars recovered to the num-
NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 and their corresponding comparison ber of artificial stars added. The corresponding factors for the
fields. Filled (blue) circles are adopted as likely members for other bands were computed in a relative way as the ratio of the
each cluster. amount of detected stars in each band to the amount of detected
stars in V filter corrected by completeness (weighted by diferent
area coverage if necessary).
2.2. Mid-infrared data The computed values of the completeness factor for differ-
ent V magnitude bins are listed in Table 2. We note that for
The NGC 6193 and NGC 6167 regions were observed in the
NGC 6167, only short exposures were obtained in the U filter,
mid-IR by the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on-board the
which explains the poor completeness of its catalogue in this
Spitzer Space Telescope (SST). IRAC was used to obtain im-
band. Notwithstanding the completeness is sufficient to ensure a
ages in four channels (3.6, 4.5, 5,8 and 8.0 µm) and a catalogue
reliable estimate of the cluster parameters.
was produced using several of these photometric data points
(GLIMPSE5 ). Observations covering NGC 6167 region were in-
cluded in this catalogue. However, in the case of NGC 6193 and 2.5. Final catalogues
its surrounding area, only IRAC images were available in the
SST database belonging to programs P00112, P00191, P03536, The above procedure allowed us to build two astrometric, pho-
P20597, P30570, and P40321. tometric (13 bands) catalogues covering the regions of both
We performed aperture photometry in all these images NGC 6167 (33193 objects) and NGC 6193 (39338 objects).
by using the IRAF PHOTCAL package following the proce- These two catalogues constitute the main observational database
dure described by the Spitzer Science Center6 . Briefly, we run used in this study. A solid analysis of the behavior of the stellar
DAOFIND task to look for point sources. We then used the energy distributions (SEDs) can be carried out with this tool,
PHOT task using an aperture of 5 pixels and a background thus preventing possible degeneracies in the photometric dia-
annulus from 12 to 20 pixels. Finally, to calibrate our results, grams and allowing us to obtain more reliable results. Both cat-
we adopted the aperture correction values given in the on-line alogues are available only in electronic form at the Centre de
calibration tables. To avoid false detections, we selected only Donnes astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS). They includes X–
sources detected in both the four IRAC channels and the V band Y positions, 2MASS identification (when available), equatorial
images. coordinates (epoch 2000.0), and optical (U BVI and Hα−on/o f f ),
NIR 2MASS/VVV (JHK), and MIR IRAC-SST (3.6, 4.5, 5,8
and 8.0 µm) photometry.
2.3. Complementary data and astrometry
Using the X–Y stellar positions obtained from our data, we 3. Data analysis
correlated their positions with data from the following cata-
logues: a) “Two-Micron All Sky Survey“ (2MASS; Cutri et 3.1. Clusters centers and sizes
al. 2003, Skrutskie et al. 2006); b) “Vista Variables in the Vá
ı Radial stellar density profiles provide an objective tool to deter-
L´ ctea” catalogue performed at “Cambridge Astronomy Survey
a mine the size of a star cluster. They were computed, in a first at-
tempt, starting from the estimated position of the cluster centers
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Fig. 4. Optical TCDs of stars located in NGC 6167 (upper panel) and NGC 6193 (lower panel) regions. U − B vs. B − V diagrams:
filled (blue) circles are adopted likely members for each cluster, open (red) circles are likely Hα emitter stars; big (orange) squares
and filled (grey) triangles are respectively considered probable class I and class II objects (see Sect 3.5 and also the comments
for each cluster); light dots are considered as field stars. The solid (blue) curve is the Schmidt-Kaler (1982) ZAMS, while dashed
(green) lines are the same ZAMS, but shifted along the reddening line (red) by the adopted colour excesses indicated above them.
They correspond to the adopted values for the cluster stars (see Table 4). B − V vs. V − I diagrams: Symbols have the same meaning
as in plots a) and c), whereas solid curves (blue) are intrinsic colours for luminosity class V and III from Cousins (1978ab). Dashed
(red) arrows indicate the normal reddening path (RV = 3.1).

obtained by visual inspection of the second generation Digitized select different zones in each region and study them separately to
Sky Survey (DSS-2, red) plates, using our brightest catalogued understand the behavior of the stellar population in the directions
stars (V 16 − 17 depending on the cluster) and all the brightest of the clusters and their neighborhood (see Fig. 1).
2MASS catalogued objects (K 13 − 13.5 depending on the
cluster). We then repeated the procedure several times, slightly
changing in each case the position of the centers and using differ-
3.2. Proper motion analysis
ent magnitude bins. We finally adopted these cases that produce
the most uniform fall off in both bands. According to the vari-
ation observed in different experiments, we estimated that the To obtain additional information to confirm and support the
′
clusters centers have ∼ 0. 5 uncertainty in each coordinate. membership assignment, we used kinematic data provided by
The cluster radial density profiles were computed in the UCAC3 and Hipparcos catalogues (the later one was necessary
usual way (see Baume et al. 2004), namely calculating the sur- for few bright stars with unacceptable large errors in UCAC3).
face density in concentric, equal-area rings. Since we applied Therefore, we used a sample of stars with UCACmag 14 and
this method to both the optical (V filter) and the 2MASS in- proper motion errors smaller than 10mas/yr within the radius
frared data (K filter), this allowed us to detect the possible in- adopted for NGC 6167 and NGC 6193. To identify the members
fluence of interstellar material. In both clusters, noticeable dif- of the clusters we adopted the method developed by Cabrero-
ferences between the profiles for each band are detected. As a Ca˜ o Alfaro (1985). This statistical algorithm fits the ob-
n
result, the sizes were estimated taking into account mainly the K served proper-motion distribution with the sum of two Gaussian
filter, where absorption effects are minimized. distributions, one elliptical for the field and one circular for the
The adopted centers and radii are indicated in Table 4 and cluster. Moreover, we took into account the observed errors in
Fig. 1. Centers are close to the ones given by Dias et al. (2002) or the proper motions for individual stars, which was suggested by
by the S I MBAD database, although the radius values are larger Zhao He (1990). The parameters of the two Gaussian distri-
than those compiled by Dias et al. (2002), which are based only butions could then be determined from the maximum-likelihood
on visual inspection. The radial density profiles are shown in technique. A summary of the application of these methods can
Fig. 2. Our data completely cover the clusters and sample also be found in Fern´ ndez Laj´ s et al. (2011). We note that the
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as in Fig. 4. Dashed (green) curves are the Schmidt-Kaler (1982) empirical ZAMS and the MS path from Cousins (1978ab). Solid
curves are Marigo et al. (2008) isochones. All the reference curves are corrected by the adopted colour excess and apparent distance
modulus for each cluster (see Table 4).

who used a total sample of 416 stars extracted from the UCAC2 Table 3. Kinematic results from brightest stars (V 14) in
catalogue for the clusters under consideration. NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 regions
Table 3 shows the results obtained for NGC 6167 and
Parameters NGC 6167 NGC 6193
NGC 6193. Finally, Fig. 3 presents the vector point diagram
µα cos δc -0.85 0.54
(VPD) for each cluster region. The adopted members (see Cluster µδc -2.61 -2.91
Sect. 3.3) produce a clear clump separated from the field stars. σ 1.40 1.57
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3.3. Optical photometric diagrams Field Σ1 8.34 6.76
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To perform the final membership assignment of the stars to the ρ 0.24 0.28
clusters, we analyze both: a) the individual stellar positions in all
the photometric diagrams (e.g. Baume et al. 2004, 2006, 2009); Note: (µα cos δc , µδc ) and (µα cos δ f , µδ f ) are the cluster and
and b) the obtained membership probabilities values computed field proper motion centers in mas/yr; σ and (Σ1 , Σ2 )
from the kinematic information (see Sect. 3.2). In the case of are the cluster and field proper motion dispersions in
NGC 6193, Hα(on/o f f ) data were also considered (see Sect. 3.4). mas/yr; ρ is the obtained correlation coefficient.
The optical two-colour diagrams (TCDs) and colour-magnitude
Diagrams (CMDs) of NGC 6167 and NGC 6193 are shown in
Figs. 4 and 5. ination by field stars more severe, preventing an easy identifica-
Individual positions of all stars down to V = 14 were simul- tion of faint cluster members using this method.
taneously examined in all the diagrams. At fainter magnitudes, The above selection of stars for both clusters allowed us to
UCAC3 does not provide reliable solutions. This makes contam- fit the blue edge of the adopted members with a properly red-

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Schmidt-Kaler (1982) empirical ZAMS; solid (blue and red) curves are Marigo et al. (2008) and Siess et al. (2000) isochones for
z = 0.02. All the reference curves are corrected by the adopted colour excess value and apparent distance modulus (see Table 4).

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panel). Symbols are the same as in Fig. 4. Dashed (green) curves are the empirical MS form using Didelon (1982) and Feigelson
(1983) parameters. These curves are corrected by the adopted apparent distance moduli for each cluster (see Table 4). Dotted vertical
lines indicate the adopted limit to separate Hα emitting objects (see Sect. 3.4).

dened Schmidt-Kaler (1982) zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) is still possible to obtain an estimate of the nuclear age. All the
in the U − B versus (vs.) B − V diagrams. We adopted the well- resulting parameters are summarized in Table 4.
known relation EU−B /E B−V = 0.72 + 0.05 E B−V and obtained the
corresponding E B−V value for each cluster. The B − V vs. V − I
diagram is routinely used as a diagnostic to detect deviations 3.4. Hα photometric diagrams
from the normal reddening law in a given direction. In this case
the cluster diagrams suggest a normal law (R = AV /E B−V ) for One of the aims of this work was to detect stars with Hα emis-
NGC 6167 and a marginally different behavior for NGC 6193 sion. For this purpose we used the ∆Hα index described in
confirming previous results of Wolk et al. (2008b). Sect. 2.1.2. Similar indices were used in previous works (Adams
et al. 1983; Sung et al. 1998; Baume et al. 2003).
We then simultaneously fitted a ZAMS or main sequence
(MS) to all the CMDs to obtain cluster distance moduli, adopt- Figure 7 presents the V vs. ∆Hα diagram for all stars with
ing R = 3.1 for NGC 6167 and R = 3.2 for NGC 6193. Finally, measured ∆Hα index together with the corresponding ZAMS in
in Fig 6a we compared the observed upper MS of NGC 6193 this plane. Most stars follow approximately the ZAMS location
with theoretical isochrones for solar metallicity, mass loss, and indicating that they have no significant Hα emission allowing us
overshooting (Marigo et al. 2008). Some scatter (likely caused to perform the calibration mentioned in sect. 2.1.2. Therefore
by the presence of binaries and rapid rotators) is present in our positive ∆Hα index values correspond to absorption features and
data and this prevents a unique isochrone solution. However, it negative values to emission ones.

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in Fig. 4. Solid curves are the intrinsic Koornneef (1983) colours for MS stars.

To detect stars with, on average, high Hα emission, we iden- We then confirmed the selection by examining the locations in
tified likely Hα emission objects with the brighest stars (V the J − H vs. H − K diagram (see Fig. 8).
15.5) that had ∆Hα − 3e∆Hα negative values. This analysis allowed us to recognize class I and class
As for the distribution of Hα emitters, we note in Fig. 1 an II/III candidates among our data. Their spatial distribution (see
′ Fig. 1b) reveals that they are associated with IRAS sources
evident concentration about 7. 0 westward of NGC 6193. This
concentration has a diameter ∼ 2′ and is located close to the and/or with denser molecular clouds reinforcing the hypothesis
NGC 6188 rim (α J2000 ∼ 16 : 40 : 30; δ J2000 ∼ −48 : 44 : 20; that they are indeed YSOs.
see Fig. 1b), just at the edge of the SFO 80 cloud (Sugitani et
al. 1991; Sugitani Ogura 1994). This group of Hα emitters 4. Intrinsic cluster properties
closely corresponds to the MSX emission peaks at 8 µm found
inside the cloud by Urquhart et al. (2009). All these elements 4.1. NGC 6167
seems to show different phases of stellar formation processes
NGC 6167 appears to be an intermediate-age cluster with signif-
that are currently on-going. A particular spatial coincidence be-
icant differential reddening across its surface (see its TCDs and
tween a class II object (see Sect. 3.5) and an Hα emitter was
CMDs). This is consistent with the previous polarimetric results
found very near to GSC 08329-03510. This star is placed just
found by Waldhausen et al. (1999).
at the border of the HII region NGC 6188 and very close to the
The age of the cluster was computed by fitting the distribu-
center of the concentration of Hα emitters (see Sect. 3.4).
tion of the stars in U − B and B − V CMDs with isochrones. We
paid particular attention to the brightest star in the CMDs, which
3.5. Infrared photometric diagrams is HD 149019 = CPD-49 9414 (A0 Ia star from S I MBAD). It has
a high membership probability value from the kinematic analysis
Contracting stars emit an excess of radiation in the IR relative (see Sect. 3.2), and is placed near the cluster center (see Fig. 1c).
to their photospheric emission. This IR excess is considered to The spectrophotometric method also infers for this star a dis-
be produced by thermal emission from the circumstellar ma- tance moduli of (V0 − MV ) sp = 10.5, which is consistent with
terial. Therefore, this kind of objects are grouped into differ- the adopted value for the cluster. As a consequence, this star is
ent ”classes” according to their SEDs (Lada 1987; Andre et al. adopted as a likely cluster member and the best-fit isochrone is
1993). Thus, NIR and MIR photometric observations allow one that for 20-30 Myrs. In addition, only few stars in the field of
to detect and distinguish this kind of sources. this cluster exhibit a sizeable Hα emission (see Fig. 7a), bring-
We adopted the selection scheme presented in Gutermuth et ing very support to this age value.
al. (2008). This method is based on the location of the observed The second bright star in the cluster region is HD 149065
objects in the (K −[3.6])0 vs. ([3.6]−[4.5])0 plane using the stan- = CPD-49 9421 (B2 V star from S I MBAD). This star seems
dard dwarf star colours from Bessell Brett (1988) and Flaherty to be a foreground star according to its location in the photo-
et al. (2007) colour excess ratios to obtain de-reddened colours. metric diagrams. In the U − B vs. B − V diagram, in particu-

8


Table 4. Parameters of the analyzed stellar groups

Stellar group Center Radius E B−V R V − MV AV V0 − MV Age[Myr]
α2000 δ2000 [’] Nuclear Contrac.
NGC 6167 16:34:36.0 -49:46:00.0 5.5 0.80 3.1 13.0 ± 0.2 ∼ 2.5 10.5 ± 0.2 20-30 -
NGC 6193 16:41:24.0 -48:46:00.0 9.0 0.37 3.2 11.8 ± 0.2 ∼ 1.2 10.7 ± 0.2 ∼1 ∼3−5
IRAS 16375-4854 16:41:18.9 -49:00:34.0 ∼2 ∼ 2.2 3.4 ∼ 18 ∼ 7.5 ∼ 10.5 1 -

Note: Radii adopted values to select the sources for analysis in each region.

lar, it shows a colour excess smaller than the cluster stars (0.24
8
and 0.80, respectively). Its spectrophotometric distance moduli x~}|{zyxw
nlonmlkjihgfed
is (V0 − MV ) sp = 10.1, which is significantly smaller than the 10
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one adopted for NGC 6167 (10.5). These differences might be
12
caused by the Galactic absorption in the cluster direction (see
Neckel Klare, 1980), which is systematically greater by ∼ 2 14
magnitudes (decreasing the mean brightness from less than 1 ” 16
mag. to almost 3 mag.) at ∼ 1 kpc from the Sun. On the other
hand, HD 149065 is almost at the border of the adopted clus- 18
ter region (see Fig. 1c), so we can assume that it is probably an
interloper. 20

With an age of 20-30 Myr, it is unlikely that the sources con- 22
sidered as class I/II objects in Fig. 8 are real YSOs. These objects ˜— ˜™
appear to be young based only on the MIR diagram (Fig. 8c), 24

although their location in the NIR diagram (Fig. 8a) should be 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
different to adopt them as YSOs. –•” –•”

Fig. 9. V vs. V − I diagrams of stars located in IRAS 16375-4854
4.2. NGC 6193 region and its corresponding comparison field. Filled (blue) cir-
This cluster looks very young. Figure 6a presents the reddening- cles are adopted members for each clump. Curves have the same
corrected CMD obtained for the adopted likely cluster members meaning as in Fig 4.
in the upper MS. Differential reddening was removed using in-
dividual colour excesses from Fig. 4c and adopting R = 3.2. The
isochrone fitting method (see Sect. 3.3) then provides the nuclear
age (∼ 1 Myr). This result is compatible with the latest spectro-
scopic analysis of its brightest cluster member (star HD 150136;
O3+O6V, Niemela Gamen 2005). a non-coeval process of stellar formation. This is reinforced by
The lower MS of NGC 6193 shows quite a significant MV a) the presence of objects of different nature in that area of the
scatter at any colour. There are also several objects in the clus- CMD such as stars near the ZAMS, Hα emitters, and class II ob-
ter field, which were those identified as Hα emitters and a few jects; and b) the existence of several young groups in the vicinity
as class II objects (see Sect. 3.5). Figure 6b presents the loca- of NGC 6193 (see Wolk et al. 2008a,b and Fig. 1b).
tion of these objects in a un-corrected CMD. These objects are
Nonetheless, in the region close to NGC 6193 there are
all located above (∼ 1-2 mag) the cluster ZAMS. Both effects,
only a few class I or class II objects, despite our identification
spread and location above the ZAMS, strengthen the idea that
of several likely sources as Hα emitters. Low mass sources in
we are in the presence of a young cluster (cf. Fig. 3 in Preibisch
NGC 6193 would then be somewhat older than those associated
Zinnecker 1999). The observed spread might have intrinsic
with IRAS sources and molecular clouds. In addition, the small
causes such as binarity/multiplicity, the random distribution of
number of class I/II sources would indicated a small, if any, age
the orientation of the accretion discs around single and multiple
dispersion in the cluster itself (see Fig. 6c).
systems, as well as external causes such as differential redden-
ing, field star contamination, and photometric errors.
The lower MS shape allowed us to derive an independent 4.3. Embedded clusters
estimate of the cluster age (the contraction age) by comparing it
with theoretical PMS isochrones. We achieved this by adopting 4.3.1. IRAS 16362-4845/RCW 108-IR
the models computed by Siess et al. (2000). We note that it was
impossible to find a unique isochrone that fitted the entire lower This well known IRAS source contains the remarkable embed-
MS, but that we had to use a family of isochrone encompassing ded and massive star formation region RCW 108-IR, which has
the stars loci in the CMD. Despite this, the mean location of the been extensively studied in several wavelength ranges (from
lower MS (see Baume et al. 2003) could be fitted with a group Radio to X ray; see Arnal et al. 2005, Comer´ n et al. 2005,
o
of isochrones that correspond to an age value marginally older Comer´ n Schneider 2007, Wolk et al. 2008a and references
o
than the nuclear age (∼ 3-5 Myrs). therein). Our observations cover nearly the entire region of this
We are aware that the accuracy of the contraction age might object. However, sources in our catalogues were selected based
only be considered as an order of magnitude. This is because on their detection in the V band and no further information to
the large dispersion of objects in the lower MS may also reflect improve previous results could be achieved.

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Fig. 10. NIR and MIR CCDs of stars located in IRAS 16375-4854 region. Symbols are the same as in Fig 4. Solid curves are the
intrinsic Koornneef (1983) colours for MS stars.

4.3.2. IRAS 16375-4854 - IRAS 16379-4856 – Finally, IRAS 16375-4854 is the youngest of the three and
contains several YSOs.
These two IRAS sources are placed ∼ 15′ southward of
NGC 6193 and were partially covered by our optical survey. In the specific case of NGC 6193, PMS stars appear to be
IRAS 16379-4856 has an associated CO peak (Arnal et al. 2003) slightly older than MS stars, i.e. the contraction age is older than
whereas IRAS 16375-4854 is located in a diffuse optical nebula the nuclear age, which might be an indication of non-coevality.
that has several associated X ray sources (Wolk et al. 2008a). Our The main result of this work is the homogeneity of distances,
reduced IRAC SST data indicate that both IRAS sources do not and the differences between the ages of the Ara OB1a clusters,
seem to be independent since the objects detected in these bands which may place on firmer ground future studies of the interac-
form a ring structure of about 10′ in diameter, which is possibly a tions between the different stellar and interstellar components of
bubble centered at α J2000 ∼ 16 : 41 : 37; δ J2000 ∼ −49 : 02 : 32. the region, such as those suggested by Arnal et al. (1987). The
This structure may have been generated by some energetic event results presented here support the picture in which Ara OB1a is
at that position. a region where star formation has proceeded for several tens of
By inspecting the stars detected on both regions, we note that millions of years up to the present.
IRAS 16375-4854 harbors objects brighter than IRAS 16379-
4856. By using the corresponding optical photometric diagrams Acknowledgements. GB acknowledges ESO for granting a visitorship at
(CMDs and TCDs; see Figs. 9 and 10a), we estimated its main Vitacura premises in March 2010, where most of this work was done. He also
acknowledges the support from CONICET (PIP 5970) for the trip to CTIO on
parameters (see Table 4). They were obtained by selecting the March 2006, where part of the data have been taken. We thanks very much
most probable members checking simultaneously their individ- the staff of the observatories CTIO, LCO and CASLEO during all the runs re-
ual position on all the photometric diagrams and also the finding lated with this work. The authors are much obliged for the use of the NASA
chart. Apparently this region is affected by a non-ISM interstel- Astrophysics Data System, of the S IMBAD database and ALADIN tools (Centre
de Donn´ s Stellaires —Strasbourg, France) and of the WEBDA open cluster
e
lar reddening (R ∼ 3.4) and has a distance similar to NGC 6193 database. This publication also made use of data from the 2MASS, which is
and RCW 108-IR. a project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and
As for the infrared photometric diagrams of IRAS 16375- Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the NASA and
4854, the position of the selected sources as YSOs appears to be the NSF. We thank the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU) for pro-
unlikely. They might be class II/III objects, although we need to cessing the VISTA raw data. This work is based (in part) on observations made
with the SST, which is operated by the JPL, California Institute of Technology
analyze X-ray observations to confirm this assumption. under a contract with NASA. We also thank the referee, whose comments helped
to improve the paper significantly.

5. Discussion and conclusions
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